Enabling 802.1x authentication – Motorola USBW 100 User Manual

Page 28

Advertising
background image

Establishing Wi-Fi Connections

Click the

Profiles

button in the main window of the Motorola

Connection Manager software. The Network Profiles window appears.

Select the network for which you wish to edit the encryption keys.

Click the

Edit

button.

Switch to the

WiFi

tab.

Enter the new encryption key in both the

Network Key

box and the

Confirm Network Key

box.

Click the

OK

button.

Enabling 802.1x Authentication
The Motorola Connection Manager software allows you to use to
authenticate against your corporate network or other domain. The
Motorola Connection Manager will allow you to use any authentication
method that is installed on your computer. (Please note that authentication
is only available on Windows XP and on Windows Vista.
To enable automatic 802.1x authentication:
1. Create a network profile for the WiFi network that you wish to

authenticate.

2. Open the Network Profile window by clicking the

Profiles

button.

3. Select the Network Profile you wish to edit.

4. Click the

Edit

button.

5. Select the

WiFi

tab.

6. Check the

Enable data encryption

box.

7. If you selected a WEP method, you will also have to check

Enable

802.1x authentication

. (If you selected WPA, this box was checked

automatically).

8. From the EAP type dropdown, select the type of authentication you

wish to enable.

USBw 100
MAR 2009 23

Advertising